WU Special Collections Tapped
The Traveling Archivist Program (TAP) is a pilot project developed by the North Carolina State Historic Records Advisory Board and the North Carolina State Archives. The goal of the program is to offer direct assistance to institutions that preserve North Carolina’s historical heritage. TAP provides archival care instructions to institutions with collections potentially at risk (rare, delicate holdings, etc.).
In late November 2009 the EKS Library received confirmation from Mr. Jeffrey Crow (Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives and History) that the Wingate University Archives has been selected for the program. Forty institutions from around the state will be served throughout a series of two 8-month cycles beginning this Spring.
Contributor: Debra H. Hargett, E-Resources/Special Collections Librarian, MLIS
9th Annual Friends of the Ethel K. Smith Library Author Luncheon with Elissa Schappell
Please join the Friends of the Ethel K. Smith Library on Tuesday, March 16, for the 9th Annual Spring Author Luncheon. This year we welcome author Elissa Schappell. Ms. Schappell joined Vanity Fair in 1994. She is the editor of – Hot Type – Vanity Fair’s book page. She has been a senior editor at The Paris Review, co-founded Tin House Magazine, for which she is now editor-at-large, and frequently contributes to The New York Times Book Review. The author of Use Me (Harper Perennial, 2001), which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, she is also co-editor, with Jenny Offill, of the anthologies The Friend Who Got Away (Doubleday, 2005) and Money Changes Everything (Doubleday, 2007).
The luncheon will begin at 11:30 in the La Verne Dining Hall on the campus of Wingate University. For reservations and/or more information, please contact Luanne Barbee, 704-233-8093 or lbarbee@wingate.edu.
(photo credit: Emily Tobey)
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FOL Book Signing for Dr. Jerry Surratt
The FOL will hold a book signing and reception next month for Dr. Jerry Surratt, Wingate University Emeritus Faculty – History. Dr. Surratt is author of Part II (1985-2009) of The History of Wingate Baptist Church 1810-2009.
The book signing and reception will be held in the Efird Memorial Library, Wingate University Academic Quadrangle, on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:30am.
For more information, please contact Luanne Barbee at 704-233-8089 or lbarbee@wingate.edu.
Science Direct Maintenence
ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled upgrade maintenance for approximately 12 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010.
This upgrade is designed to allow the following:
- Redesigning the pages for easier reading.
- Adding graphical features to RSS and e-mail alerts.
- Improved book search by adding volume information to browse and quick search options.
- Added search refinements by adding a topics option–drawn from the keywords one selects–to one’s current search.
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Library Hours for MLK Day
The Library will be opening at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 18th in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. It will, however remain open until 12:00 midnight as usual.
EKS Library Selected To Receive Books On Understanding Contemporary Japan
Over the course of the Summer of 2009, the EKS Library applied for and was selected as a recipient of a book donation project sponsored by The Nippon Foundation. Dr. James Hastings, Assistant Professor of History at Wingate University, brought the program to the attention of the Librarians. The focus of the book collection is “Understanding Contemporary Japan.”
A total of 43 titles were selected by Dr. Hastings and Mr. Richard Pipes, Collection Development Librarian, in order to best support the University curriculum. The books arrived during the Fall semester. Currently, these titles are on display near the Reference Desk and are available for check out. To find this collection in the Library’s online catalog, simply enter “Nippon Foundation” into the Basic Search box and you will be linked to the entire list of items. Each item has a Nippon Foundation bookplate to recognize the work in our collection.
We would like to extend our appreciation to Dr. Hastings and Mr. Pipes for their instrumental roles in the application and selection process. These materials will serve and enhance the resources for multiple disciplines.
318 New eBooks from the Ethel K. Smith Library
The Ethel K. Smith Library is happy to announce that it will be offering 318 MyiLibrary eBooks made available through NCLive with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the State Library of North Carolina.
The new eBooks, with subjects focusing primarily on classic literature, history, biography, language learning, health, and medicine, are available to library patrons both from the Wingate Campus, and remotely via any Internet connection. Checkout the new myLibrary offerings from Databases, Articles, etc. link of the Library homepage.
NCLive, North Carolina’s statewide online library, purchased the eBooks through Ingram Digital and will make the books available through their MyiLibrary® platform. MyiLibrary® is the Ingram Content Group’s industry-leading e-content aggregation platform for public, academic and professional libraries around the world.
Readers can view the books online without downloading any material and no proprietary eBook reader is needed to view the books.
Classes Resume on January 6
The library will resume its normal hours of operation beginning on Wednesday, January 6th. These hours are:
- Sunday: 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
- Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Please note that the library will be closed on Monday, January 18th until 6:00 p.m. in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Holiday Hours
Over Christmas Break, the Library is working on an 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. schedule Monday-Friday and closed over the weekends. In addition, the library will be closed some days in observance of Christmas and New Years. A summary of the hour of operation are as follows:
- Sunday, December 13: Closed
- Monday, December 14 through Friday, December 18: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20: Closed
- Monday, December 21 and Tuesday, December 22: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, December 23 through Sunday, December 27: Closed
- Monday, December 28 through Thursday, December 31: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Friday, January 1 through Sunday, January 3: Closed
- Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Library’s regular schedule resumes on Wednesday, January 6.
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Online Catalog Upgrade Complete
Aside from minor customizations, the upgrade to the online catalog is now complete. You will now find that searching for books and DVD’s, etc. is much more intuitive and the displays are much easier to read.
For instance, Author and Subject searches are now in separate tabs rather being buried in the drop-down menu. The various options to limit searches now appears directly within Advance Search, rather being on a separate page. Search terms are highlighted in the results list. Useful graphics make it clear where an item is and whether it is available. These and many other features make one of the premier online catalogs even better.
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